The 2014 World Cup
 

Well only four days now until the world cup get under way in Brazil.

The hosts and Argentina lead the way in the betting at 3/1 and 4/1.

England this time are about the right odds at 33/1 but i dont see us getting any further then the 1/4 finals at best...

Roy Hodgson just is not the right man for the job and as usual was a safe pick by the FA and someone they can control.

The team itself in my opinion just dont look like they have any plan B and after two very poor warm up games against poor teams what are they going to do when they come up against real teams with winning form?

We all know he will start with the old guard as thats the safest option but some of these players just dont seem to have the drive at international level anymore.

We need players like Wiltshire and Barclay in the middle to get a bit of bite into the game.

I fear it will be Gerrard and Henderson or Lampard that start.

Rooney really hasnt played a decent game for England in the last two years and Welbeck and Sturridge are to similar and Lambert doesnt even get full games for Southampton last season.

We dont have a plan B going forward and i would have thought bringing Carroll or Crouch would have given us options.

For me i think we will struggle and might have to beat Costa Rica in our last group match and hope the other result goes our way to get out of the group.

So onto the challengers...

Brazil as usual have the players to win this but do they really have the fight if things are going wrong?

If thinks dont then they should win this in a canter but i dont see them being any value.

Argentina will be suited to conditions and have many decent players but willl rely heavily on Messi who has not shown much in the last couple of months for Barcelona and maybe he is feeling the effects of a long season.

The Germans will be there as usual and always find a way of getting to the latter stages and i could see them going all the way to the final again.

Belgium are many peoples outside bet but i feel many will be disappointed once the tournement starts.

For me the one team that has to be backed at 13/2 is ....SPAIN...they seem to be the forgotten team in this and with a very good squad and conditions that suit the holders are my bet to lift the cup......:cool:


SPAIN to win @ 13/2

ENGLAND not to qualify from the group @ 2/1

Top Scorer....RONALDO @ 12/1 and MULLER @ 28/1

The Finalists....BRAZIL V SPAIN @ 14/1

SPAIN V GERMANY @ 25/1

BRAZIL V GERMANY @ 22/1


Your thoughts guys.........:scribe:

A european team has only once won a world cup not held in europe.


Uruguay @25/1 as an outside bet but Argentina will win imo.

Buying money !

i cannot believe tiredeyes is being sensible today.............
England set up and this squad a bad joke, might get a point against an old italian squad, Uruguay probably show us up for what we are,[bad team].might beat costa coffee 1-0,
England not to qualify should be even money so 2/1 is a good wager.
we live in hope but know deep down the excuses are in place,too hot,dodgey hotel,couple of injuries to star players[rooney,gerrard] a laff in itself calling them stars. Hope these called england stars get syphillis and their cocks fall off, cmon Chile @ 50/1.

What a load of moaners, to back England not to qualify should be a hanging offence. Whilst I accept we aren't going to win it I can't believe how negative you lot are.

Its an honest opinion......We will never win a big tournie again as our top league has way too many foreign players in it and we dont have the youngsters coming through...

Also the FA NEVER pick the right manager only the ones who are "Yes" men..

The last real manager that wasnt was Venables and we did well under him.

You're a Chelsea fan and wanted anyone but Liverpool to win the Premier League? They are the only team that have looked to buy and play Englishmen. I wished all you football fans would stop being so hypocritical. If you want us to have a good national team don't glory in all your foreigners :brains:

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The only reason Liverpool did well was Suarez...


Cole is the best left back we have and they didnt take him...

Terry is the best centre half and they didnt even try to get him to change his mind.

But not to worry as Jones..Smalling and Baines will get us out of trouble.


I dont care one iota about our national team and never will till they get another manager who is not dictate to by the FA and the press....

The FA have killed the national team and also with the help of Sky tv English football....

It was much better at Chelsea before the Abramovich era when we wernt a big team and big game wins ment something.

Now days if we dont win the league or get to the Champions league final its classified as a poor season.......

Gone are the days of "proper" football im afraid.

I think Sturridge had a large part as well. Just think you signed Eto and Ba after you sold him and if you add Torres to the mix I think he probably scored more goals than those 3 "world class" players.

I got rid of Sky because of what they and others greed have done to our game. I still think the current Manager is better then Redknapp, what's he ever done apart from line his own pockets and bankrupt Portsmouth.

was alot better performance than i anticipated,saying that thought rooney [apart from his cross for our goal] was shyte as usual,not sure if gerrard was playing or not, hart should stick to hairspray modelling,welbeck showed glimpses of ability,johnson is shyte at defending,crossing and shooting so why is he in the team.as for hodgson he can stick a pineapple up his rectum,think i heard he was delighted with rooney & co, he is clueless,watching game i thought italy had far too much time and space in midfield, im sure we will have atleast 10 of that starting team starting next match,it seems so blatantly obvious to me if rooney plays[i wouldnt have him in the squad] he has to be down the middle,playing him left side last night ultimately was the reason we were defeated. uruguay and costa coffee showed little in their game , so i still hold a thimble of hope in getting out of group stages.

Yes as usual the manager was sticking up for players who we all could see had poor games....

If Roy thinks Rooney is our best player then he should build the team around him, not put him out on the left . Roooooney Roooooney

I think the other Roy (Keane) should be the England assistant manager alongside Martin O'Neil ;)

We kept standing off them in midfield, no one put in a tackle.

Rooney was shyte, I was surprised he remained on the pitch, Luke Shaw on in place of Leighton Baines and shove Baines higher up the pitch. Barkley HAS to play meaning Rooney dropped and Glen Johnson can just .... well I think we all know what he can do !

I honestly believe you could get a better performance from an England squad made up with players from the championship and lower leagues. its so sad that we only had Bob and No hope on our side, its sadder i knew it and didnt make money out of it, suarez was 6/1 to be first scorer tonight and england not to qualify from their group 2/1, im ashamed of myself for missing these gift prices. one game left and i would start with a whole new team,if hodgson doesnt make massive changes to starting line-up and tactics, he should never be allowed back in UK again and the F.A bigwigs who are clearly a bunch of muppets should also be extradited to Iraq.my starting line up for costa coffee match......

just looked at the squad and changed my mind,dont think its possible to pick a team capable of beating costa coffee with this squad.

Betting update...


.....WON



The following were all loosers......



Still a few running .........